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>> (male announcer): live from the bay area this is the kron 4 morning news. kron 4 news at 7 starts now.
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>> new reaction to san francisco forty-niners quarterback chris culliver falling the some anti-gay, it's what he said in reaction to his remarks coming up. >>. >> it is good news bad news for the hot spot. the bad news is traffic is backed up on one to 1 northbound to san jose. >> the good news is there are moments away from reopening the two right hand lanes at the lawrence expressway or they have been shut down since the 3:00 a.m. hour and for the morning commute. >> for a while they had three accident lines shut down. a big rig and slammed into a guard rail and not debris
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along the road way. the cleanup operations are just about wrapped of. they have removed our photographer and michael bolton from the scene. >>--michael pelton. >> i will have another completes traffic check coming up. erica. >> good morning george. taking it over to satellite radar we are enjoying clear skies. we are a dry around the bay area. that will remain the case for the next string of days. taking a look at what is on tap heading into the weekend. temperatures will start to climb. mid to upper 60s in the heart of the bay. i will have full details for superbowl sunday in my next report. >> the latest on contreras, san francisco forty-niners quarterback chris culliver
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who during a radio interview said he would not be comfortable with a clear to the locker room. he has since apologized for those comments but it is one topic everyone is talking about. fours will tran is and norman as coach of all about comets. what did he say to you. what did he say to him best as you said to h--you saidu what yu walk us through it. >> know i cannot. i believe there was no malice in his heart. he is not the kind of person. >> he is not an ugly person he is not a discriminating person. that is not what
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he... he may have heard talk like that and thought that are the opinions that he learned and repeated. he regrets that. >> right after the coach took the podium linebacker patrick lewis spoke about spokeculliver . >> i do not really want to get into that. he said what he said yesterday and i know that is not his heart. he is a great kid. a great guy. i love having him on our team. he has helped our team be where we are. he is young and it is unfortunate he came off the way he did. i know he did not mean it in his heart. >> the team said he they
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have spoken to vc culliver . we will speak to will tran. and we had a lot more on our web site, kron4.com kron4.com. >> the misogynistithe superbowlt days away in san francisco, merchants were word about the safety of their neighborhood this week end, got a visit from the mayor. when the police chief and fire chief san francisco mayors ed lee walked through the mission district assuring business owners the city will work to get their businesses say. >> be responsible and have a good time. go niners.
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>> as part of the plan, garbage cans will be into every hour before, during and after the big game. in hopes of preventing the bonfires there were common during the world series. drinking in public also be prohibited. and police chief says there will be twice as many officers as there were during world series spread throughout the city on superbowl sunday. >> a group of 26 students from sandy hook elementary school in new town, conn. will perform america the beautiful during visible pregame show. the nfl is find students and their families down to new orleans later this week before the performance. their song will be followed by a lycialicia keys singing the national anthem. the 26 students were presented with his six children about killed last month during the mass shooting. hi. i'm henry winkler.
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>> we're back. mac world 2013 opus a day at the mo scone center in san francisco appeared with a little bit of star power. action kutcher will be giving the keynote address,
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he will talk about what is like to play steve jobs in the upcoming movie jobs. the conference runs through sunday. >> i am more rigid and meeting mia kunis. >> modest gains for the dow up 20. spirit to london and 60 points below all-time high of 14,00198. this was in october 2007. in early 2009 the dow was down to 6469 to date modest gains. . >>7:09. we will be back with more in a couple man's this three days until the superbowl. >> taking a live look at what a creek traffic looks ok in concord. 38 degrees.
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president obama now major defense secretary, is facing gop critics let challenged the past comments on israel, iran and nuclear weapons. the former to term senator from nebraska is the law with is a senate armed service committee hearing. today, that could be crucial in determining whether he will win senate confirmation to succeed secretary defense leon panetta. if confirmed, hagel , who is decorated veteran combat veteran, will be the first enlisted man in the first did not better to serve as defense secretary. >> 101 northbound and 3:00 hour this morning had a big return to work. if there is still one lane shutdown. traffic is backed at the guadalupe parkway with decidedly backed up. for rigid left lane is not just of this >> it is backed up all with
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the lawrence expressway. >> this is the location of the problem. we only have 2 lanes open before in the last 10 minutes they have added an extra lane northbound. there are three lanes open. the right lane however, remains shut down. when i spoke with caltrans they were still optimistic that they would get an open during the commute this morning. it may be closed for a while longer. i do not think we will recover from this back up because what happens is things typically slow here and here. what these two backups have immersed forget about it. the ride on 85 north is expected. the guadeloupe's parkway. >> the bay bridge toll plaza is backed up and 80 the drive time. the mary lights were slowed recently. there was an incident out near the meter lights. on the san
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mateo bridge heavy volume and an easy drive time. 11 minutes was down. >> the golden gate bridge where incident free through marin county with an easy ride across the span of the southbound lanes. darya. >> thank you george many homes in the georgian city of adairsville artistry following a massive storm that tore across several states yesterday. the storm unleashed tornadoes and dangerous winds, killing at least two people in two states when trees toppled over. video coming out of adairssvill show flattened homes and parts of the big manufacturing plant wiped out. >> in this looks like the view from a boat. but is actually from a car, believe it or not. a college student shot the video of severe
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flooding in a bone, n.c.. he says decrease their which runs through campus, overflowed onto the highway, making it look like a river. >> as we take a look at our satellite and radar picture to see what is happening in the rest of the country. the big chill is back for the midwest. the blue on your screen indicates no. temperatures the afternoon highs only climb in to the single-digit. for the northeast corner of the country you can see green and yellow on the screen indicating rain. the precipitation is not the big story it is the high winds accompanying it. we could see down trees and power lines. areas of flooding in portions of maryland. the good news is a lot of wet weather will dissipate as we head into the middle of today. we have not seen too much in terms of flight cancellations creek travel is hectic on freeways in those areas. that is something we will continue to monitor. turning our attention to our bay area forecast we have a bit of
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fog for some of our north bay areas. visibility at 3 mi. in santa rosa. we have seen some improvement compared to our last report. we have dense fog if you are driving around navto. the rest of the bay area is clear. 41 and oakland. 48 in downtown san francisco. >> by 12:00 this afternoon will provide lows 60s for the north bay, east bay interior valleys, and south bay. >> everyone under the green gaining 60s by 3:00 p.m.. advancing the clock to 8:00 p.m. we will fall into the light blue collar indicating 50s. overall, mild conditions for the next two to four hours. here is a look at your afternoon highs. 64 in san francisco. 63 in richmond. mid 60s in pleasanton potentially upper 60s for napa and santa rosa. >> satellite and radar shows clear skies and dry weather for the next several days.
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the storm track is being guided to our north will see no rain clouds. >> a bit of a warming trend. mid to upper 60s are around the heart of the bay. overall, good conditions for the entire bay area. turning our attention to our 7 day of baaround the bay. >> with the upper 60s and the superbowl weekend. a potential for wet weather tuesday and wednesday. >> that your bay area forecast let us take it to tahoe if you're heading up there for a long weekend. no chain requirements in effect here at tahoe base of 36 to 90 in.. north star a base of 37 to 80. squaw valley no new snow to report with a base of 26 in.. >> thank you erica. 7:19 a.m.. police in phoenix are
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looking for a 70 year-old man that says is armed and dangerous falling and office complex shooting that left one person dead and two others wounded. this is video of the scene yesterday morning. hardauthor douglas harman is accused of walking into a law office and shooting three people. police say it was not a random shooting. court documents say he was supposed to attend this settlement in a lawsuit he filed last april. >> a san mateo county sheriff's deputy was killed in a motorcycle crashed while he was off duty. it happen yesterday afternoon at the intersection of alchemy no real and bellevue ave. investigators say 51 year-old eric mentio on his motorcycle when he collided with a car. he died at the hospital. the cause of the
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crash is under investigation. a woman is recovering in hospital this morning after falling off of a cliff trying to rescue her dog near fort funston. >> 55 say the dog had fallen over the cliff while also his leash. the woman climb down to help the dog up but it up falling about 50 ft. to the beach. she was airlifted to a hospital. the dollar was helped with a special harness and was on the harmed. u-. un harmed . >> a man is suing the boy scouts of america for allegedly failing to report abuse during the 1970's and 1980's. 49 year-old marketing trick alleges that
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vacaville troop 180 scoutmaster carry have feel sexually abused him. year for years to start when he was 14. he alleges the true clear national officials learned of the abuse and covered it up. >> a rash of robberies and muggings in san francisco bvernal heights neighborhood has residence on edge. many of these violent crimes are happening in broad daylight. glasses that had the last thursday were met with the attack from behind a slant into the fence. the victim was able to fight off his attacker. police say three suspects were arrested for a separate robbery tuesday night. >> a family in the willow glen neighborhood of san of this being targeted by an arsonist. the front door of
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areas the aircraft will fly over grabbing air samples along the way. the study will also improve forecasting air pollution helping experts determine where particles are moving in where they are concentrated. >> the environment protection agency has let levied a $20,000 fine on princess cruises for releasing wastewater and alaska famed glacier bay. the agency says princess violated the clean water act and the golden princess, discharge pull water into the famous a pristine and bart of glacier bay national park and preserve. princess has blamed the release of a software malfunction on the ship that cost pool dump all valves to open. about two ledges 77 t of water from the golden princes pools flowed into the wild life filled bay. >> safety has, in fact, become one of the highest rate attributes for most car
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sleep train'sor presidents' day presidents' day sale is on now. save up to $500 on beautyrest and posturepedic. get a sealy queen set for just $399. even get 3 years interest-free financing on tempur-pedic. plus, free delivery, set-up, and removal of your old set. keep more presidents in your wallet. sleep train's presidents' day sale is on now. superior service, best selection, lowest price, guaranteed. ♪ sleep train ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ >> you can see mostly blue a few high clouds another gorgeous day on tap. first let us bring you an update on the hot spot. >> it is a downer. traffic is jammed through the south bay. we will not recover from this problem even though all lanes are open
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now on 101 northbound. the segig alert has been cancelled. >> the accident blocked lanes for so long the commute is destroyed. things will not get better anytime soon. 101 northbound at the guadalupe parkway this is where the incident occurred right here at the lawrence expressway. traffic is backed up on 101 northbound how all the way back to the 280/101 interchange. is affecting 680 southbound, 280 northbound. also affecting the guadalupe parkway, interstate 280. if affecting highway 85. highway 87. and highway 237. and highway 880. >> it is putting extra pressure here and here. give yourself extra time to the south bay. drive times are running 50 minutes from the
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coyote valley up to not recovere soon. not recovering as the bart commute. it's started train's been taking out of service. it meant delays in the east bound direction from san francisco. it turns out there are systemwide delays between and 30 minutes because of problems here. as at all millbrae a loose cover board was damaging trains. the protective insulation over the third rail. do not touch the upper rail is what they say. the cover boards are there to protect them one of them came loose and has been jamming up the system and damaging trains. >> let us go to the weather center here is an update with erica. >> george the forecast is something to a small about. we are looking for sunshine, clear skies, and upper 60s
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into the afternoon. temperatures are cooler than 24 hours ago. hayward 43. 36 and walnut creek. 35 and concord. >> low for is for everyone in the south bay. campbell at 34 degrees. >> satellite and radar picture shows clear skies. a dry weather will persist of the bay area. we do have changes to talk about into the middle of next week. details on what to expect and you will need an umbrella in my next report. >> thank you erica. let us move to 49er coverage we are three days away from superbowl sunday. let us find out the latest in a new orleans. will tran arrived at yesterday's. earlier your report from the team hotel are you still there? >> i am still there. they just wrapped up media day behind me the tables and
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chairs. the players came out and had a chance to talk to the media. more importantly we ask them questions. before yesterday's not many people came to chris call for stable. if he is the quarterback for the san francisco 49ers-desk risk culliver . >> if he came out saying he would not like a gay person in the locker room in the nfl. all of a sudden this has exploded. the coach comments on it. so many people around this table photographers were pushing each other and yelling at each other just to get wrong to ask culliver comment. >> i ask the question here is we have we want to get reaction from people from san francisco would like to say by someone who may have been out race. >> like i said gay people and gay communities and
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difficult racial anything like i said that is something i feel apologetic for and i said i am sorry that i made that comment and if i heard anyone or made any comment that may affect them the organization or the nfl or anything like that. >> darya i apologize i did not know why i said that. he kept doing it over and over. he seemed insincere. his body language was humbled. we asked the coach what he had to say about it. he says he does not believe this is something that is in his heart. he is a good guy. he had a one on one conversation with culliver as soon as he found out about the comments. the coach would not go into details about the discussion between he and culliver . i will have reaction from the
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players. they're talking about the game, about rate wy lewis. >> bcillivberr was not the only one that had to respond. team members and the coach responded. >> years with coach at stake. >> we reject what he said. that is not in the reflects the way the organization feels the way most of the players feel. >> will it impact any preparations for him forceable going forward or his role. >> going forward it is something that he will learn about himself and i saw his statement. he pledged to grow from it. it will affect
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him and i hope and pray it will affect him in a positive way going for. >> our on air covers of the superbowl continues on line. it is covered on our website kron4.com. a reminder after the game on sunday turn to kron 44 your post-game coverage. >> i was shocked when i got a phone call saying they were digging up the basement in the house. kevin just lived right down the street from there. >> a 29 year-old unsolved mystery and mother waiting for answers. still questions. what happened to kevin collins in 1984 the 10 year-old boy who vanished in san francisco. we know investigators found something in the cold case that caught their attention and brought them back to the house on masonic avenue a
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home that investigators searched in 1984. >> the exact nature of the tip or clue is still part of the sealed search warrant. investigators are testing the animal bones they found to make sure is not kevin. the lead investigator who handled the case when it broke in 1984 says during his search he uncovered tunnels under haight street. he is not sure if current investigators will go back and look there again. >> a break at 7:32 a.m. a look from our san mateo bridge camera. traffic on the right is your commute direction. and as volume of cars but they are moving that is the good news. we
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>> a federal judge today will consider a bid to dismiss a lawsuit that was aimed at closing at medical marijuana and dispense and
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>> welcome back. we are continuing to track a hot spot in san jose at 1 01. it was an accident in sunnyvale that backed up the ride. you concede that the 101 traffic is starting to do backed up all along. they have released the lands and they are all open. it is
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backed up all the way to the 280 interchange. this is affecting traffic all over the area. that accident occurred before 3:00 a.m. this morning. it was only recently that all the legs were open in the northbound direction perry ed another hot spot is the bart commute. the delay is work, only to the east bay but now there are systemwide debt wdelays. looking at the bridges we are seeing a back up at the bay bridge toll plaza. if the back of has
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grown from 18 to 20 minutes depending on your approach. the san mateo bridge has not so much is still led 11 to 30 minutes for westbound direction. the golden gate bridge is still without delays 41 01 southbound and northbound as well. >> we are waking up to pretty mild weather. the temperatures are a little bit cooler than from a while ago. there is 37 degrees currently in livermore. we will see continuing warming into the afternoon. we will continue with these warmer conditions into tomorrow afternoon. looking ahead but weather is dry for the next string of days. we do have unsettled weather that will come. i will have a full detail of that coming up shortly. >> palo alto was coming in at 67 degrees. 66 degrees
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for fremont. clear skies and sunshine. fairfield is a 64 have and 65 for union city. it was also be 64 degrees for san francisco. we will continue with the dry weather in the bay area as we start the next work week. there are big changes to talk about for tuesday night into wednesday. the temperatures will drop into the upper 50s. >> we are going to reject what he said. this is something that reflects the way the organization feels. this is the way both of the players feel. >> this morning our request to talk about everything that is not related to the super bowl. the entire super bowl talk now is focused on what chris had to say. he
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stated something about gay people. basically, he was fishing. >> i give harbaugh credit, because this is how most of the team field. >> actually, i've bought a harbaugh did very well. he stated that his player is not a hater but it is haul all these days the media has been going and they have been talked about other things. >> some 25 year-old guy with shoulder pads, this is the second straight guy that has something to say. these guys are young, and it was a stupid statement. i really do not know how he feels but he is not a comedian. >> i looked at all of these
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comments that we have heard. this was totally unrelated to the super bowl. you have someone asking harbaugh, about his pen around his neck. if you have read the most talked about he was the best running back ever. you have cyclicals debt stating that he does not like him.flacdt he does not like him. >> after harbaugh pass this way. i have not seen the whole interview. but if you handling this well this is the end of it perry ed today is thursday and i cannot imagine that there been a pop up the question about gay people. >> they are asking
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everything other than football. saturday they get to shut up. >> i do not even think they do event to mark. it is just the coaches that will speak tomorrow. >> if i can not spelled it, i do not say it. >> today, it was a raven's cheerleader and the story is that she gained 1.8 lbs. and now she is now one of the 23 chosen to chair because he gained weight. >> if you were that old standby this you would not have brought it up. >> i have a set with these
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same pair goal boots and it is like when a mine want to build were mine gold boots. we showed a picture of a truck that is like a 49ers flag that is the entire image of his truck. if you want to get into the game. when i walk through san francisco i solved people with red jackets on. >> this is a good day that a crip, or a blood did not see you with that red jacket on. >> this is just the way for
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a head early to have a bed. >> this is to run back taxes.like a green jacket but it is rated the. >red. >> i am surprised that i have not heard more from alex smith. >> alex smith has been terrific. he has handled this well. he has had all these questions and they have tried to bait him to say something stupid but he has not. >> we have a press conference from this morning, and we will keep go with it. tomorrow bolt of the brothers will have paid press conference. >> we will be right back.
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>> jack and jackie hardball are the parents of jim and john harbaugh. and we are continuing to follow everything super bowl. we are live in new orleans and this is the hotel where the 49ers are staying. we heard from jim harbaugh of this morning about the comments
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>> an apology from san francisco forty-niners ulliver.l tran is liven nor lands.
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>> because of what culliver said. as the that a lot of people were not just talking about this. the coach came out quickly as stated that he had no malice against gay people or gay players that are on his team. he stated that the first question they came out to him was about cullier. >> what did you say to him, when you spoke to him? >> i would not want you through that. i treat these
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conversations as private. i do believe in with that it was not malice in his heart. he is not the type of person. he is not a ugly person. he a discriminating person. he may have heard, all or talked like that and may have thought that that was what his opinions on work. he regrets what he said. >> i can tell you that the 49ers quickly distanced themselves from this comment. they stated that this does not represent the
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49ers organization. the owner also made a comment and coming up at 8:30 a.m. i will have more reactions. before what he said, his statement did not have any reporters around here. after harbaugh finished his press conference. everyone ran over to his table. people were pushing and shoving to get him to comment. >> kron 4 new is will have continuing coverage in new orleans to rob the week leading up to the big game. check out kron4.com for all of your super bowl needs. as well as our facebook and 20 pages. be sure to tune in on sunday for super bowl post- game coverage. that's far as the 7:00 p.m.. >> a group of 26 students
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from sandy the elementary school in newtown, connecticut will perform america the beautiful for the super bowl pregame show. the nfl is line the students and their families down to new orleans later this week before the performance. their son will be followed by alicia keys who is singing the national anthem. the 26 students represent the 26 children and adults that are killed last month during the mass shooting. >> you are looking at 101 at guadalupe parkway. here is a look at the traffic maps and this is where the incident occurred. this could take you 51 minutes to get north on 1 01 coming out of the coyote valley area. this is putting extra pressure on
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the south bay freeway. we are still tracking major delays for bart's. there stating that there have been 15 to 30 minutes delays because the problems at millbrae and as as all. they stated that a loose board was damaging the plane. they started out in the not come new direction and they stated that it is affecting the trains that are coming towards san francisco. >> it will feel like spring and afternoon. we're already seen the sunshine. the rest of the bay area roads are clear. it is mid to upper 60s for the afternoon. before we get there you will notice that the temperatures are cooler. it is 44 currently in oakland and hayward. it will be a bit warm-up that is on the way and i will have a look at it coming up in my next report.
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>> we have a developing story right now. a family is without a home this morning as fire crews battled a 2 alarm fire last night. if this happened at the plaza del rey mobile home communities on the the nut drive in sunnyvale. >> to get you more news faster, we will turn to mike pelton who is live and why the fire investigation has turned into a criminal investigation. >> when i looked out the front door i saw smoke and flames. the flames for about 30 to 50 ft. high. >> you concede that some officers are still here on the scene. the fire crew is
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64 degrees. everyone will have a loss of sunshine by this afternoon. >> we have new video and due to a war rescue this morning in maryland. you concede the car completely surrounded by high water. 2 firefighters make their way to the car. firefighters eventually place a life jacket on the driver and they carried them away to safety. >> this looks like the view from a boat. but it is actually from a car, a leader not. a college student shot this video of severe flooding in boone, north carolina. he says that the creek to bear, which runs through campus, overflowed onto the highway, making it look like a river. the students since the
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people were driving in the middle of the road to avoid being swept away. all class is at the appalachian state university were canceled and most rose in the area are not passable. >> next on kron 4 morning news. the bay area is waking up to a beautiful day. erica is standing by with the gorgeous forecast. >> the city of san francisco led san francisco businesses know that they will not be a repeat of the world series celebrations. what the city is doing to make sure that it will be a safe super bowl sunday.
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>> welcome back to kron 4 news. we continue to attract major delays to the south bay. the incident that caused all of these problems has been cleared from roadway. if there still some crews that are working on the shoulder of 1 01 southbound this summit del. the back up reached is all it back to the 280 interchange. this was the scene of the problem but it is not clear. look at all the freeways. it has at 20 minutes to the commute. this is a 51 to 16 minute drive time in the northbound direction. this has jammed up interstate 280 because people are leaving 101. this is also affecting 87 and 85. the 880 traffic instead is continuing north into milpitas. 237 west bound is
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heavier as well. >> this is not the only hot spot because bart has reported that they are experiencing system of delays. there from 15 to 30 minutes. these are trained and delays and passenger delays may be longer than this. you will start to see chronic platforms when you are there. there is a track side problem or around as an f o millbrae. there was damage being done to trains and the crew is not there to resolve the problem. they stated that it was a loose cover board. >> as we look at the bay bridge was bound coming from the past 40 minutes they have had an improvement. the drive time is just 20 minutes from the macarthur mayes. it is about 11 to 13 minutes. while it is slow or ignore them iran and the golden gate bridge ride is
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fine. >> good morning george. there's plenty to celebrate in the weather department. the temperatures are somewhat mild. here is a beautiful shot of the golden gate bridge. the temperatures are little bit cooler than 24 hours ago. san francisco is a 48 degrees. it is mid 30's in concord. as we check out where the temperatures will go when afternoon will time stamp your afternoon. the rain is not only for the north bay but for the east interior valley as well. the green indicates where we was see the '60s. as we head into afternoon everyone will be in the '60s and we will cool back down to the '50s by 8:00 p.m. tonight. >> as we glass into the afternoon it will be a little bit warmer that yesterday. it will be upper
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50's for napa and santa rosa. it will be 63 degrees for those of you in san mateo. i think will see more cloud cover as we transition into the weekend. the temperatures are still between five and 10 degrees warmer than your seasonal average. monday will have mid-60s and inland lows will be in the 30's. there will be a storm tuesday night into wednesday. that was your bay area forecast. >> if you are heading up to tahoe. sierra, tahoe has a base of 37 to 80 in.. there's no new snow that is reported. squaw valley has a base of a hundred inches. >> 8:17 a.m.. in san francisco, merchants who are worried about the safety of
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their neighborhood on super bowl sunday, had a visit from the mayor. at kron 4 dan carmen has details on their concerns. >> a lot of people in san francisco have not forgot about the vandalism after the giants won. they had graffiti on the windows. >> my garbage can was stolen. >> let's not forget the fires. the mayor and the fire chief walked through the neighborhood to let them know that that would be protected. >> i just want to make sure that we are speaking to everyone. the city wants to do more than just talk. >> there will be more officers on the streets. >> the chief stated that drinking in public will not be tolerated or a bad behavior.
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>> >> we want people to be respectful of other persons prop. perry ed you know someone will want to be videotaping you with their sale phone and you do not want them to send us those totals. >> the mayor also told merchants that the city has plans to empty trash bins on an hourly basis so fires cannot be started. >> the plan seems to be giving the merchants more. >> this city officials are confident that they're taking all the right steps to keep mission district save on super bowl sunday. all ultimately, it will come down to the fans and how they behave once the game is officially over. >> more than 300
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firefighters and paramedics from 80 departments across the state of wisconsin are battling a alarm fire. the fire at this produce building actually started last night but it was still smoldering this morning. we carried this for you live during our 5:00 hour show. firefighters have been pouring water on all the hot spots. the apartments from the milwaukee area all the way to northern illinois were on hand to help the fire in racine, wisconsin. >> i would really love to have a photocopy of yesterday. let interview that we had a practice in the execution. a photocopy
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when you bundle tv and internet. rethink possible. >> is a 20 3:00 a.m.. we are watching the weather and san jose. they will have a high of 66 degrees. >> this just a and from the
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us city of detroit, michigan. four people are dead and dozens of cars are crushed in a massive crash that has closed a portion of a i 75 in detroit. off several other injuries have been several fire engines and ambulances have responded to the scene. several drivers at the scene who were able to get out of their cars safely and get off the interstate. they say white out weather conditions made it very hard to see and contributed to the chain reaction crash. witnesses describe some cars being " crushed like accordions. " >> the nasty weather across the country is contributed to these crashes. this was a major crash in detroit, michigan. >> new this morning. jobless
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claims and bounced higher last week after failing to a five-year low earlier this month. the number of americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits rose to 368,000 last week. that is up to 38,000 from the previous week. the news comes a day before the government's monthly reports on payroll and unemployment. >> mac world 2013 opens today at the moscone center in san francisco. with a little bit of star power. ashton kutcher will be giving a keynote address, he will talk about what it was like to place steve jobs in the upcoming movie " jobs ". the conference runs through sunday. >> i really believe that his
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>> we're still contending with another hot spot and public transit the bart system. it is looking at systemwide delays. their reporting 15 it could be as much as 30 that is train delays not passengers. your delay could be longer this morning. around sfo millbrae there is damage to the trains and the early morning hours. >> mid to upper 60s, temperatures of 25 to 10 degrees warmer than average.
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we will see sunshine and clear conditions later on tonight. into tomorrow of mix of sun and clouds and temperatures are remain in the mid-60s. i will talk about the potential for unsettled weather coming up in my next report. >> just three days away accounting from the super bowl and will tran is an or lenses morning. new orleans this morning. >> the flap is because of what chris covered mentioned in the interview and that rippled all the way back to san francisco and all over the country. cut to jim harbaugh and the first questions of anyone's asked were about anti-gay comments. it forced everyone
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to backpedal including chris culliver. here is video i have of them out surrounded by reporters before he made comments on that radio show. people were no >> that's not what i feel in my heart. i love sam francisco and i should have thought about that comment. like i said, it's nothing i felt in my heart. >> i talked to some of my family mainly my mom and we had a long the conversation. she knows how i feel and
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like i said i love my mom and i will take all the advice and the world. >> what was her reaction? >> she said to be strong and my statement this morning and that's what i'm doing. >> reporters are asking the same questions for about 30 minutes straight. he answered the questions respectfully. he had so much to say about it that the shock jock was asking what he called these gusting questions and he did not think about what he was saying. >> and all of this you feel there's any loss of focus for the 49ers? >> no i don't think they're losing any focus. jim harbaugh, you know how and since he is. he talked about it in the beginning and they
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had a one-on-one conversation. harbaugh would not go exactly into what they talked about. it seemed like the players were up beat. i as one of the people from esp tn as to whether and not culliver would be fined or suspended? he said he didn't think so because these people are not used to talking to the media. it is very easy to say something you would not regret. >> with the casual atmosphere and people being grilled about any and everything stuff like this can happen. thank you, we will check back with you later. >> here is what jim harbaugh
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had to say >> we reject what he said. that is something that reflects the way the organization feels, the way most of the players feel. >> what impact any preparations for the super bowl or his role in a going forward. >> i say it's something that he will learn about himself and a size statement. he pledged to grow from it. it will affect them but i hope and pray it affects them in a positive way going forward. >> there is a great
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quarterback >> it is unbelievable in the way he has been able to handle it. when i first heard about that we weren't sure he was gonna be able to come back and play the game, it was up to him and his family. i think all our teammates did a great job in helping him out and him to lean on us if he needed to. once the game started i wasn't too worried about it that night. i was more worried about it once he went home and the reality of everything had kind of suntan. he has been a great kids and see has been here, i can see a single person handling it as well as he did and turning it into a positive thing. it is making
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the most of that situation. >> the opposing quarterback joe sligos speaking about how his father called him boring. >> he put his foot in his mouth and said something about the super bowl yesterday. >> i have said before, too many reporters, too many questions. let's just play football! we will be right back. don't wait for presidents' day to save on a new mattress. sleep train's presidents' day sale is on now. save up to $500 on beautyrest and posturepedic. get a sealy queen set for just $399. even get 3 years interest-free financing on tempur-pedic. plus, free delivery, set-up, and removal of your old set. keep more presidents in your wallet. sleep train's presidents' day sale is on now.
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>> a mother talking about how she is anxiously awaiting for answers and the 29 year-old disappearance of her son. the question of what happened to kevin collins back and 1984 when he disappeared in san francisco. they looked at the home, sat at
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that investigators search when he first disappeared. the exact nature of that tip or close still part of the sealed search warrant. investigators are testing the animal bones they found to make sure it is not kevin. the lead investigator who had of the case and a broken 1984 says during a search he uncovered tunnels under hate street. he is not sure kind investigators will go back there and look again. >> a san mateo county sheriff's deputy has been killed in a motorcycle crash while he was off-duty. it happened yesterday afternoon at the intersection of el camino real in bellevue ave. of 30's a 51 year-old eric menti was on his motorcycle when he collided with a car. he died at the hospital. the driver of the car was not
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hurt and the cause the crash is under investigation. >> there will be one when there and one team disappointed. every parent can understand that.
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>> 844 a m and let's take a look at this massive accident and detroit. at least two people have been killed and at least 20 people injured. this is a freeway crash with two dozen vehicles and the icy snow conditions contributed to it. you can see all these vehicles and big rigs getting out. the answer is happening in a chain reaction crash about a mile long stretch of interstate i 75 on the southwest side of
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the strike. there have been many people taken to the hospital and at least two dozen injuries at including children. you guessed the emergency responders on the scene and the road is set down. there is an investigation into this serious crash. once again at least two dozen cars involved in this crash. >> the time is 8:45 a.m. and we want to get a look at traffic. we've been dealing with a hot area... >> it is not the only problem we are facing. the south bay freeways are jammed up on the 1 01 northbound. all the freeways
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are behind schedule. 1 01 over 15 minutes drive time, a cow of the valley toward santa clara. new problems on the peninsula at interstate 280 usually a completely trouble-free ride, miles of slow and go and sometimes stopping the traffic. from highway 92 down to what side. there were two accidents. all of the lanes are open now but it was badly backed up and it has really destroyed this to 80 commute. because of that a lot of folks are trying to bail out to the east or freeway. the bridges continue to do well, westbound a bridge looks like an early end of the back up. we are starting is see the end of the slow traffic here. the salmon sale bridge has been problem free all morning long. the golden gate bridge 1 01
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southbound heavy as it typically is at this hour usually between 8 39:00 is when things speak for the southbound 1 01 ride. bart has not recovered from early morning equipment problems at s f o millbrae. trains were taken out of service and advancing the systemwide delays still being reported. >> look at all that sunshine from the golden gate bridge. it is shaping up to be a gorgeous day. 30's for concord, livermore, 43 hayward, upper '40's for san francisco. as the afternoon mid to upper 60s. we are warmer compared to yesterday's and 5 to 10 degrees warmer than average. mountain view 65, 68 los gatos, 67 cupertino, 66 in
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redwood city. 63 danville, 65 pleasanton, north bay sunshine, 65 nevado. 67 for berkeley and oakland, 64 in downtown san francisco. satellite and radar shows clear skies and dry conditions. storm tracker guided well to our north. it will remain on the dry side for the next few days but we have changes to talk about in your extended forecast. 7 day around the bay warmer weather lasting into the weekend with a mix of sun and clouds with the highs in the upper 60s. not much change as we start the work week. the last report there is a rain chance for tuesday night into wednesday and the most recent models are backing off on that. it looks like it will probably be a thursday/friday eve
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superbowl and when that and we'll think why did we think this was so hard? >> jim harbaugh i do not know him very well but he always seems like he is not enjoying the moment. is that a fraud? >> i was describing the guy that says is walking out of the restaurant and say i will raise you to the car door. you say i don't want to, and you raise an say i'd be you. you say i didn't want to race. i think it's like that, the media is a pain in the neck. >> we have gotten thousands of your fan photos into kron4. keep them coming and we will share them through our news and facebook. you can e-mail them to breaking news .com @ facebook .com. >> police say they just
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found a the suspect of the phoenix office shooting that killed one person and injured two others. arthur douglas harman was accused of walking into a law office in shooting three people. police say it was not random. the court documents say harmon was supposed to attend a settlement and a lawsuit he filed last april. >> wal-mart has started to limit sales of ammunition to three boxes per customer per day due to limited supplies. wal-mart is the u.s. largest u.s. gun seller. the bentsen the arkansas based retailer had said that it works as strike the right balance between serving hunters and sportsmen and ensuring that it sells fire arms responsibly. sales of guns and ammunition have risen across the united states since last month's shooting at sandy hook elementary.
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>> a rash of robberies and muggings in sampras's coach burn all heights neighborhood has residents on edge. many of these items crimes are happening in broad daylight. the last as that happened last thursday were a man was attacked from behind and slammed against a fence. luckily the vigil was able to fight off his attacker. sampras is the police captain jim family says three suspects were arrested for a separate robbery tuesday night. a family in the willow glen neighborhood of san jose is being targeted by an arsonist. the front door that led ave hong was doused with some type of flammable liquid and set on fire. no was hurt in the fire did little damage. tuesday one of the family cars was splattered with yellow paint and its tires were slashed. police asking neighbors to help identify the caller
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before someone gets hurt. the family says they intend to install a video surveillance system. the victims are hoping their relatively common last name may mean it's a case of mistaken identity. >> at the kron4 news to dr. phil all. today and tomorrow he is the man behind the man said salemeant to tell ache girlfriend hoax. you can't move the tv there. yuh-huh. we have a wireless receiver. listen. back in my day, there was no u-verse wireless receiver that let you move the tv away from the tv outlet. we can move it to the kitchen, the patio, the closet
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>> expected 70 forecast to warm up for the next few days. upper 60s for some
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few spots. more on your forecast coming up. >> coming up at 9:00 this superable of course we are following the latest out of new orleans. also following the latest out of sunnyvale as well. there is a to alarm house fire that did claim someone's life. we will get a live report on that as well. also watching the latest on capitol hill ar where sho when the kron4 news continues.
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well, well, well. growing up, we didn't have u-verse. we couldn't record four shows at the same time.
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in my day, you were lucky if you could record two shows. and if mom was recording her dumb show and dad was recording his dumb show then, by george, that's all we watched. and we liked it! today's kids got it so good. [ male announcer ] get u-verse tv for just $19 a month for 1 year when you bundle tv and internet. rethink possible. (male announcer) live from the bay area here is your kron 4 news >> we went out to get reaction from san francisco.
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>> gay people and their community this is something that i felt apologetic to, i am sorry that i made that comment. if i heard me one or made any comment that might affect them or the organization. >> press culliver making another apology. we're following this story and the rest of the 49ers going to the super bowl. >> he was surrounded by reporters. is wrapped up about 90 minutes ago. here is video i got of his table. before he made the comments one are two people would be
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around the table and today it was the most popular one as far as reporters being around. the most important question was what were you thinking? why did you say that? >> how many relatives you have that are gay? have you heard from them as well? >> this way is something that they know. i cleared up with them and we talked about it and they understand me. i am quite of your relatives that are homosexuals and i talked to them about it. i just moved on. they understand where i was coming from and they heard everything. they call me directly, they heard from me. >> did you learn that these relatives were gave during
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this conversation? >> i knew before. >> he was there for 30 minutes as answering the same question over and over again. he seemed very apologetic about it. jim harbaugh said he had a personal conversation with him but did not go into detail about what they talked about. he said it was a private matter. i spoke to one nfl follower who says he does not think anything will happen. we will this have to wait and see. >> at the superbowl a group of 26 students from sandy hook elementary school in new town conn will perform america the beautiful during the super bowl pregame show. the nfl as flying the students and their families and downs in your lens later this week before the performance. this song will be followed by a leash
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jackie's enlisting in the national anthem. the 26 students represent the 26 children and adults killed last month during the mass shooting. to an end to kron4 after the game because we have a post- game shows starting at 7:00 p.m.. >> a really rough ride around the bay area this morning >> it is marked, it is not just confined to the south bay which is a mess. still recovering from early morning problems on the one- on-one. is that a ripple effect throughout the south bay. and a state 280 and the 1 01 boat jammed up and looking at double the normal commute times. on 880 northbound there was an
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incident that have lanes shut down northbound 1 01 at the lawrence expressway. peninsula interstate 280 and highway 92 still have delays. the ride is jammed up coming from crystal springs to woodside. it is still way behind schedule but getting better. and jammed up on the nimitz from northbound 880. nothing is currently in the lanes in the backup is stoutly 2 to 38. that has put a lot of pressure on interstate 580 added to downtown oakland. we're still looking at bart delays, i will tell you more about that coming up. >> beautiful start to the morning, sunny conditions and mild temperatures. the afternoon will be even warmer compared to yesterday's. clear skies into the evening as well. temperatures santa rosa 40,
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up 30's novato and pleasanton. 52 oakland we will talk about where the temperatures are had but for now back to darya. >> a family without a home now because of a fire last night. it happened at the plaza del rey mobile home community on the and i drive in sunnyvale. the fire broke out around 11:30 p.m. take a look at the damage and this is now a criminal investigation. >> you and see just how much damage that fire cause. crews are trying to patch together what happened overnight. the fire broke out around 1120 last night and a neighbor noticed the flames and knocked on the front door of the home trying to wake up the
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residents. once the crews are ride that they held one man get outside the home but authorities found a woman in the back bedroom that had passed away in the fire. neighbors fear for their safety as they watched this unfold. >> i looked out our front door and saw smoke coming out. the next thing you know what we saw flames. they had to be as tall as that tree. they were 30/50 feet high. the mobile home was on fire. it is a real tragedy. >> the two people living in the home are not related but we do not know any more about the woman. investigators are on the scene and at this point they are not calling the fire suspicious. they're not yet determined a cause of the fire. >> a quick break as the kron4 morning news continues. a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza, one of the light spots we're seeing around the bay area right now.
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>> senator chuck hagel's hearing guy on right now.
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let's take a listen in. >> i want to say this senator. you are here today as a potential secretary of defense. it would seem to me that however you characterize them, you have suggested there is an effective lobby out there. whether you call on the jewish lobby or the israeli lobby and if they succeed in doing dumb things through intimidation and that u.s. policy has been the wrong approach because intimidation has worked. when you talk about the jewish lobby were you talking about a pack? we talking about north pack? or you talking about christians united for israel? the is still believe that their success and this town is because of intimidation and
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they are as you stated urging upon our government that we do dumb things? >> first, i've never been accused of political i don't do that, it may have gotten me into some trouble. second to address the last comment and then we will go back to sanctions. i have already said i regret representing the jewish lobby. i should have said pro israel lobby. i think it is the only time on the record that i've ever said that. you have all done a lot of work with my record and yes it is appropriate by the way. any nominee's record what he or she thinks, says, does absolutely. i was on your
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side of the die is for 12 years. i understand the responsibility. i do not have a problem with that. i have already noted that i should have used another term, i am sorry. i regret it. the use of intimidation, i should have used influence. i think it would have been more appropriate. we were talking about in that book that you have evidently read, it is a book of the promised land. he has spoken out... >> comments of senator hagel being grilled. the comment he made earlier was just explained. we will take
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orleans prices should fall between now and the super bowl. they are easy to get to. it is not as desirable. >> i wonder if there are more seats available? this is a huge stadium. >> there are still tickets available. >> grand theft auto, version 5 about to come out people love this game. >> this is actually an opportunity. the company that owns the franchise c t w o has been delayed from spring to fall. and the fall you get the holiday sales.
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the stock is getting hit today which i consider a potential buying opportunity. it is not for everyone, it is a lot of risk. it goes back to facebook, by on the rumor sell on the news. we will see some early reviews and the stock will probably be high in the summertime. >> ford with a lot of good hybrid sales. >> don't trust the media! the headlines say sales up and you think ford is out selling toyota but they're nowhere close. there is selling 600 hybrids for the years. this is a low number base. we are happy for ford of this is what how you here press releases. i'm calling
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a winner because it is an american company and as an electrical car and great for the environment but it is bogus. >> and the scene of for fusion hybrid, it is a beautiful car? >> that is what he know and i don't. i don't know anything about cars or sports. >> an e-mail from iraq, the believe in the january barometer? >> i do. it is in working sinc. it is only at a few glitches. a wonderful run for the start of the year. we will not be up 2% for the year but people are pretty
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optimistic with the january barometer. >> thank you. if you want robbed to answer a question of yours on the air post on his facebook fan page. >> a live look from our mt. tam cam. beautiful out there and will be getting warmer. >> sunshine at the golden gate bridge and it is a good start to the morning. sampras's go in oakland city and the low 50s. 46 currently in san carlos. 7:00 to 12, the green indicates where you will see the 60s. afternoon highs, those 60s will go wide spread. temperatures slightly warmer compared to yesterday. by 8:00 we are looking at widespread '50s. afternoon highs, upper 60s in the south bay los gatos,
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67 santa clara, 67 palo alto. east bay cooler mid- 60s for pleasanton. 64 san leandro and hayward. 64 downtown san francisco. 66 san bruno, 66 ocean beach. 67 santa rosa, 65 novato, 67 napa. satellite and radar show clear conditions as well as dry as we wrap up the work week. 7 day around the bay will continue as the upper 60s and the forecast. super bowl sunday we're expecting a mix of sun and clouds would still clinging to upper 60s. temperatures will cool off a bit and we will have a chance of showers and the forecast.
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>> we're still cannot spots are on the bay. one-on-one interstate 280 still 20 to 30 beds behind schedule -- minutes to 80 is improving for the mid to let's the ride. it is concentrated near hayward road and the southbound direction. delays continue on the nimitz and two oakland downtown out of san leandro. bay bridge back up as minor. no delays in san mateo bridge ride, 11 to 13 minutes drive time. the golden gate bridge has luggage traffic as you head south on the toll plaza. -- sluggish traffic
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is 9:21 a.m. and we will take a quick break and be right back.
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>> 9:25 a.m. is the time and beautiful sunshine and san jose. current temperature in san jose is 46 degrees. looking for a high as 66 by this afternoon. >> watching severe weather across the country and this is actually from a car believed are not. a college student shot this video of severe flooding in both north carolina. he says the creek there which runs through campus, overflow onto the highway making it look like a river. this is as you were driving in the middle of the road to avoid being swept away.
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jobless claims bounced higher last week after falling to a five-year low earlier this month. the number of americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits rose to 368,000 last week. that's up 38,000 from the previous week. the new comes a day before the government's monthly reports on payrolls and unemployment. >> mackerel 2013 opens today at the moscow center in san francisco. a little bit of star power aston kutchert will give a keynote address talking about what it was like to place the jobs in the upcoming movie jobs. the coverage runs through sunday. >> if we are to win this game it will be earned. that is the adjective i use. all offensively, defensively, special teams strong tough
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>> 9:29 a.m. and we are focused on the super bowl coverage. will tran is in new orleans this morning. >> the media day wrapped up about two hours ago. i am in the conference room where the niners talk for a long time including coach jim harbaugh. the most sought after player this morning was not burned in davis or frank gore. it was chris cculliver saying he would not want a gay player in the locker room, as saying he would be uncomfortable with
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that. he backpedaled this morning and issued a statement in front of the camera up this morning and set for 30 minutes answering the questions. >> that is not what i feel in my heart. i love sam francisco. i thought about the comet and it was not it was something that i said in just felt in my heart. >> (inaudible) >> i spoke with my mom and she knows what's in my heart. i love my mom and i will take all the advice and the world. >> what diseases as you do? >> she said i was going to have to come forward and give my statement this
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morning. that is what i'm doing. >>culliver said he was caught off guard by the shock jock and said he was caught off guard by d disgusting questions. >> jim harbaugh have a lot to say this morning as we continue to follow the story. we had a second apology. >> we reject what he said. that is something that reflects the way the organization feels. the way most of the players feel. >> will it impact any preparations for him for the superable or any of his role going on? >> it will impact going
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forward definitely. he will learn about himself and. we saw his statement and he pledged to grow from it. we hope and pray that it affects them and a positive way going forward. >> stay with kron4 and continuing coverage with live reports going up to the big game. also on our web site kron4 deck, and our facebook web site. and after the game we have a post-game show at 7:00. >> we want to mention the harbaugh brothers and the ravens will have a press conference, a joint press conference tomorrow morning at 6:30 a.m.. >> we're looking forward to that. >> unprecedented, we think it's because they are brothers. 9338 m and let's get a look at this commute,
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it has been horrible. >> indeed. we are seeing a bit of an improvement but south bay freeway has been a hot spot all morning long. it started in the 3:00 hour with a 1 01 northbound. when no one is still backed up about 15 to 20 minutes behind schedule. 280 is finally starting to break loose the the south bay and so is highway 85. still jammed up past edward fort woodside. the nimitz freeway is starting to recover in the northbound direction. there is still slow on 580 westbound. the bridges look great, bart is getting better but still delayed systemwide. >> if you like yesterday you like today's temperatures. they will be a few degrees warmer. widespread 60s for
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tonight and mostly clear conditions. we are talking mid-50s, not to cool out there. tomorrow we are expecting a little more wind we are expecting 60s tomorrow as well. >> i think the hardest thing to deal with was when i first got the phone call telling me they were digging up the basement of that house. kevin used to live right down the street from there. >> another anxiously awaiting for answers and a 29 year old mystery. questions still remaining, what happened to kevin collins back in 1984 when the 10 year-old boy sam bass and san francisco? investigators went back to a home they had investigated win the case first happened
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and he first disappeared. the houses on masonic avenue that the investigators went to again. they did more digging and brought in a cadaver dog. they found bombs but it turns out they were animal bones. investigators are still testing to confirm that. the lead investigator that handle the case in 1984 said his search uncovered tunnels under a street in is not sure if the current investigators are going to go under there as well.
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>> and bay area news a san mateo county sheriff's deputy has been killed in a motorcycle crash while he
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was off duty. and happened yesterday afternoon at this that intersection of el camino real and bellevue ave. authorities say 51 year-old eric menti was on his motorcycle when he collided with a car and died at the hospital. the driver was not hurt. >> police are searching for a man who they say attempted to sexually assault a woman in san francisco. recce phi lsith allegedly choked and then stabbed the victim in the head when she resisted. it happened earlier this month on 39th avenue in san francisco's outer richmond district. police said the suspect had previously threatened to kill the victim and her boyfriend. he has to register firearms and carries an eye. he is described as 6 ft. tall 180 lbs. with pockmark scars on his face. he drives a dark gray 2011 toyota with a
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>> we continue to track hot spots this morning. they continue even though they are much improved in the south bay. the ride here 1 01 northbound is still pretty heavily backed up. the drive time is over 35 minutes out of the coyote valley. the ride on address 8280 it shows is still slow out of downtown toward cupertino even highway 85. and to saratoga out of the allman in. the ride on 880 is much delayed as you head
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to the fremont mlb this corridor. the bay bridge, minor back up and that is the extent of it. the san mateo bridge ride is 11 minutes. no problems for the golden gate bridge 1 01 southbound. bart is still delayed this morning even though the delays are much less. 51015 minutes delays systemwide. >> another beautiful start to the morning. temperatures are starting to warm up slowly with temperatures 52 in oakland, 527 cisco, 43 and sam francisco and concord. warmer than yesterday, upper 60s for the south bay. 67 palo alto, 66
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cupertino milpitas. plenty of sunshine 65 pleasanton 64 in hayward 63 for alameda downtown san francisco looking for a high of about 54 degrees. in the north bay mid-60s fred fellowman and novato. satellite and radar showing clear and dry conditions in store for us. that is what it will look like as we wrap up your work week. 7 day around the bay shows plenty of sunshine, temperatures in the upper 60s tomorrow as well into the weekend. not to much of a change in terms of temperature it but we will see an increase in cloud cover. mix of sunshine and and highs in the upper 60s. about midweek we are expecting temperatures to cool off the bed and we have a system approaching. we
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could and the workweek with some showers. for those of you had to tahoe snow bomb that comes a report sierra tahoe has a base of 37 to 90 in.. norstar 37 to 80 squaw valley 26new snow and either of those ski reports. >> you mean the world to me >> we would like to give you a traditional birthday song. ♪ >> that is the amazing fred armas said conjoining here live in studio. you have played so many great characters are the year and saturday night live and now
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a dozen characters on board landed up. you play all these great characters even yourself. as a card to buy yourself? >> sometimes is but i like doing any of the characters. mit played a '50s lesbian woman >> a hockey guy, idd guy who's your favorite? >> the gavin who is a sound recording guy who has a big red mustache. >> you just won an emmy award for outstanding costumes. >> yes >> the editing as awesome and lorne michaels with saturday night live is involved as well. i love how you and carry bounce off of each other, they seem like they are created in pairs.
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>> that is how we designed it. we are definitely a team. this is people all around the country. everywhere i go there are versions of these people. the feminist bookstores lady, we don't know about her sexual orientation by the way. we try to keep it ambiguous and vague. >> that was an assumption on my part qu, my mistake >> when we are done i am so going to yell at you. >> you are just so great at this. >> thanks >> how did you come up with >> there is a guy at the gym with the yogas to his studio.
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>> you are very hunky in this >> yes i am. a very good looking guy. >> how did you get along with the show and how did you come up with the idea? >> kerry bernstein and i used to make videos for ourselves and put them on line for fun. we had fun with i s c and brad way video, lorne michaels company and everything is came together very quickly and easily. we are very fortunate. >> this came together very well, you are a musician right? >> yes i am a drummer. are director came up with the whole concept why we were shooting one day. he said this city is like the '90s. everyone had tattoos and piercing and the '90s have very utopian, dreamy quality
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to it. it was all let's do the right thing and a good thing for the environment and ourselves and music. >> we have another clip here >> we know a guy who handles these kinds of bills. >> hello everybody i'm told we had a situation? it's 15 people-the birthday girl. she is dry as. who had wind razor hands 10 for the line. >> yeah? at least how many
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in your party? this is partly india >> thanks for having me. >> good luck for sunday, the super bowl. >> what you can come back anytime, who are you pulling for by the way? >> i wanted to be a tie. >> a tie? so do the harbaugh as parents. >> i want them to come out on the field in the middle of the game and just shake hands.
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nobody! >> that is what the car was used to say when they were driving in a station wagon. one brother will come out on top. >> the resemblance between the father and the two brothers. >> cannot forget them and john will be in a press conference tomorrow at 630 during our show so we will have that for you live. >> their mothethey're likely toe some questions on this performance. is quite a performance issue is lip- synching. >> people knew she was lip- synching when they looked over and saw that the marine band was not playing. >> as part of the super bowl coverage we are covering. we
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